Accounting & Financial Management
Lower-rated hospitals that have full intensive care units are less able than higher-rated hospitals to absorb a decline in reimbursement.
Medicare spending on physician services totaled $82.9 billion in 2020, down from $95 billion the year prior, data shows.
The organizations are experiencing "unprecedented demand" for inpatient care, leaving many facilities at full capacity.
Not including CARES Act funding, the median change in operating margin was down 12.1% from September to October.
A Nevada jury agreed with TeamHealth that United engaged in unfair reimbursement practices.
Residents at such facilities were 11% more likely to have an ACS emergency room visit and were 8.7% more likely to be hospitalized.
CMS attributes the increases in part to rising prices and utilization, as well as the Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm.
Hospitals in non-expansion states would see more than $6.8 billion in new spending as a result of the BBBA's closing of the Medicaid gap.
Every member plan added new health benefits, or expanded existing ones, without increasing costs to consumers, report finds.
Supply chain disruptions and shortages have driven up prices and forced a return to the costs of carrying larger inventories.